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Upbeat for Thursday 28 August 2014

  • Simone Roggen & Ada Meinich: Faust Quartet

    1:05 PM.New Zealand violinist Simone Roggen joined the up-and-coming Faust Quartet two years ago. Now she's brought them to New Zealand for eight-centre tour. Eva catches up with Simone and violist Ada… Read more Audio

  • Simon Romanos on Viktoria Mullova

    12:45 PM.Simon looks at the recordings of violinist Viktoria Mullova with Julian Joseph and the Matthew Barley Ensemble. Audio

  • Nicholas McGegan: Haydn's 'Creation'

    12:14 PM.Conductor Nicholas McGegan joins the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra for Haydn's The Creation over the next week. He tells Eva about his plan of attack. Audio

12:15 Nicholas McGegan

Conductor for the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra performances of Haydn's The Creation

Nicholas McGegan

12:40 Simon Romanos

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1pm Simone Roggen & Ada Meinich

Violinist and violist from the Faust Quartet preview their Chamber Music New Zealand tour

Faust Quartet

Music played in this show

HAYDN: The Creation, excerpts
Sally Matthews (sop), Ian Bostridge (ten), Dietrich Henschel (bar), London Symphony Chorus & Orch / Colin Davis
LSO Live LSO 0628

TRAD/BARLEY: Dark Eyes
Viktoria Mullova (vln), Julian Joseph (pno), Matthew Barley Ensemble
Onyx 4070

DONALD FAGEN: Walk Between the Raindrops
Viktoria Mullova (vln), Julian Joseph (pno), Matthew Barley Ensemble
Philips 464 184

BRATSCH/BARLEY: Bi Lovengo
Viktoria Mullova (vn), Julian Joseph (pno), Matthew Barley Ensemble
Onyx 4070

JANACEK: String Quartet No 2, Intimate Letters
Emerson String Quartet
DG 477 8093

SCHUBERT: String Quartet No 14 in D minor D810, Death and the Maiden
Takács Quartet
Hyperion CDA 67585

BEETHOVEN: String Quartet No 15, Op 132
Tokyo String Quartet
Harmonia Mundi HMU 80 4781.83

STRAUSS:Befreit
Christine Brewer (sop), Auckland PO / Tadaaki Otaka
RNZ Rec.12/07/2012